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Swim together with fellow Sharks for the NSU Global Day of Service from January 15-17, 2022, as we serve the community and give back to those in need. Join us at one or more of the below events, as we unite the community and bring forth strength and love through each service opportunity. Volunteer opportunities are open to all alumni, friends, faculty, staff, students, and community members!
Taking part in a service project not listed? Let us know what volunteer opportunities you are planning in your local community, so we can share your volunteer project on the NSU Global Day of Service website and on social media.
For questions or more information, please email alumni@nova.edu or call (954) 262-2118.
A limited number of Global Day of Service t-shirts will be provided for in-person volunteers at each of the following events while supplies last. Register now!
Assemble meals to feed Broward County's homeless individuals and families by packing 400 lunches. All supplies will be provided. All meals will be donated to Miami Rescue Mission and Broward Outreach Center. Twenty five (25) volunteer spots are available.
Help keep our beautiful coasts clean to ensure a safe environment for humans and animals alike. All supplies will be provided. Bring family and friends! Volunteer hours are available.
Location: NSU Fort Myers CampusAs a kick-off to NSU's Global Day of Service, the Fort Myers Campus will be holding a campus-wide clean up initiative to help protect the adjacent Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve (and its furry residents). Participants will receive THREE service hours. Lunch will provided as well as a raffle for prizes.
Note: This project takes place on Friday, January 14. Please RSVP directly here.
Location: 16501 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160
Meet on the beach next to the pier at 16501 Collins Ave, Sunny Isles Beach, FL 33160. Contact Arina Zhirkova at az316@uschool.nova.edu or (305) 699-8333 to sign up, or go to @Sunny_Isles_Beach_Cleanup on Instagram for more information.
Location: Provident Park -1412 NW 6 St, Fort Lauderdale, 33311
Join our team at Provident Park (1412 NW 6 St, Fort Lauderdale, 33311) and assist YMCA teams, neighborhood groups, and volunteers as we Walk the historic Dorsey Riverbend neighborhood removing litter. At past events, volunteers collected over 800 pounds of trash. An amazing accomplishment!
As the organization behind the Global Day of Service, NSU’s Alumni Association hosted online initiatives including “Hope Notes” virtual letters, which resulted in 235 letters written to frontline healthcare workers and responders, nursing homes, troops, and children’s hospital patients, and the “I Serve, You Serve” Social Media challenge, which encouraged participants to show what they’re passionate about online. Another NSU event was the Fort Lauderdale Beach Sweep in partnership with the City of Fort Lauderdale. Shark Nation showed up with 95 volunteers who collected over 161 pounds of trash to keep our shorelines clean for humans and animals alike.
Similarly, NSU Sharks Athletics hosted their own food drive and had multiple athletic teams participate in other Global Day of Service events. Their food drive collected 750 pounds of food which was then donated to The Pantry of Broward. Amongst their athletes, more than 75 volunteers participated at various beach clean ups. Meanwhile, other student-athletes visited seven University School fifth-grade classrooms virtually to talk about leadership, and others visited three Davie Elementary School classrooms to virtually read books to students. Lastly, the NSU student-athletes and staff also donated towards a clothing drive for the Juan Guzman Foundation in the Dominican Republic as well as a food drive for the Children’s Diagnostic & Treatment Center in Fort Lauderdale.
In addition to NSU-hosted events, alumni and friends also sent in their own service projects which included canned food drives, tutoring opportunities, pet rescue supply drives, personal care kits donations, virtual prayer calls, and donations to local charities.
HOPE South Florida received 1,000 pairs of socks and personal care kits to be donated to individuals in need, meanwhile the NSU College of Computing and Engineering raised nearly $1,000 for Feed South Florida. At NSU’s regional campus in Fort Myers, volunteers cleaned the Six Mile Cypress Slough Preserve Clean Up and at NSU Jacksonville, organizers collected personal care-kits to be donated to United Way.
Across the nation in San Diego, California, NSU alumna Tiffanie Kasner helped organized the “39% Project” with her students, which encouraged students to spend 39% of their day to “due” good with acts of kindness. In Texas, NSU alumna Debra Lomas, M.S. volunteered in Alice to help distribute COVID vaccines in their small community.
This second annual Global Day of Service owes its success to the NSU Shark community and their friends/family members. Together, we were able to volunteer and donate during these challenging times by allowing hope and love to serve as driving forces during this new year.
This Global Day of Service wouldn’t have been possible without the help of our sharks and we’re so grateful for our alumni, students, faculty/staff, partners and the City of Fort Lauderdale for their partnership!
View photos and service moments here.